The ultimate Tech Lab: Nokia N97 Vs iPhone

Nokia N97 Vs iPhone

by Smith | 1:41 PM in Gadgets, Mobiles |

Now that iPhone has a potential competitor in town, its hard to say which one is better than the other. Let's see what are the difference between N97 and iPhone.

Memory:
The Nokia N97 has a potential space of 48GB, of which 32 is built in and 16GB from the expandable micro-SD card. iPhone’s maximum at the moment is 16GB, but who knows what it will be by the time the Nokia N97 has arrived, or what the maximum size micro-SD will be available by then.

Size
The iPhone is smaller and lighter than the N97. Much of the gained weight on the N97 can be attributed to the presence of physical QWERTY keyboard
Side by side there doesn’t seem to be much difference. I wonder though how much closer the N97 would have been was it to simply be a touch screen only phone

Screen:
Both have 3.5” display, however, the iPhone’s is shorter and fatter whilst the N97’s is taller and slimmer. This is because the iPhone has an aspect ratio of 4:3 whilst the N97 has true widescreen aspect ratio of 16:9. My personal preference is the 16:9 not because it’s Nokia but because I find 16:9 to be the optimum ratio for displaying media. Videos/photos/webpages. By example most computers and tv’s we’re using now are more or less 16:9.
Another difference to their screens is resolution:
The iPhone has a respectable 480 x 320. That’s 153600 pixels. The N97 has 640x360, and that’s 230400 pixels. That’s 76,800 more pixels on the N97, much like having an extra 320X240 screen stuck to the iPhone. But N97 not only more pixels but because of the similar screen space, you’ve got higher pixel density for crisper, sharper details, great when viewing photos but even better when viewing text such as on webpages/eBooks/documents and the like.

The Operating system:
The iPhone uses iPhone OS X whilst the N97 uses 5th Edition S60. Both are pretty stable platforms that have their own strengths and weaknesses.

Apps:
Apple has a plethora of easily accessible and reasonably priced applications that are simple and easy to install at the Apple Store.At the same time Symbian’s S60 had a huge library of applications that would add more functionality and dimension to your phone, but it’s not all available in one place and because of that, it’s harder to get them and their prices vary a lot.

Camera:
The iPhone has 2MP whilst the N97 has 5MP with dual LED flash. You’ve also got native support on the N97 for “DVD-like” video capture whereas you’ll require an application to achieve a substandard video recording rate on the iPhone. It’s also equally good on video recording, good compression rates so it doesn’t eat up ridiculous amounts of memory whilst still providing good detail and smooth video rate in most lighting conditions.